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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

तेन शब्देन महता मम मूर्त्तिः समुत्थिता । कल्कलेश्वरनामेति ततो लिंगं प्रकीर्तितम्

tena śabdena mahatā mama mūrttiḥ samutthitā | kalkaleśvaranāmeti tato liṃgaṃ prakīrtitam

ആ മഹാശബ്ദത്താൽ എന്റെ പ്രാകട്യമൂർത്തി ഉദിച്ചു; അതുകൊണ്ട് ആ ലിംഗം ‘കല്കലേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി।

tenaby that
tena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
śabdenaby the sound
śabdena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśabda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
mahatāgreat
mahatā:
Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् शब्दस्य
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
mūrttiḥform/manifestation
mūrttiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
samutthitāarose/manifested
samutthitā:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + ut + sthā (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि ("arose")
kalkaleśvaranāmathe name 'Kalkaleśvara'
kalkaleśvaranāma:
Karma (Object of 'iti'/naming/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkalkaleśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कल्कलेश्वरस्य नाम)
itithus/as
iti:
Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative)
tataḥthereupon
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण
liṅgamthe liṅga (emblem)
liṅgam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually प्रथमा as subject of passive predicate), एकवचन
prakīrtitamwas proclaimed/declared
prakīrtitam:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + kīrt (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ("was proclaimed")

Śiva (deduced from first-person 'mama mūrttiḥ' within a Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha: Kalkaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Listener: Pārvatī

Scene: From the cresting roar of celestial sound, a radiant liṅga-form rises/appears; the air is thick with vibrating sound-waves, and the newly revealed shrine-space seems to crystallize around the manifestation.

Ś
Śiva
K
Kalkaleśvara
L
Liṅga
P
Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

Divine presence becomes tangible in a tīrtha when the Lord wills; the liṅga is celebrated as a living sign of Śiva’s manifestation.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the liṅga known as Kalkaleśvara.

No direct prescription is stated here; the verse establishes the sanctity and name of the liṅga as the basis for later worship.